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1. 1 Samuel 6:9 הָ֥יָה

   but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”

2. 1 Samuel 7:2 וַיְהִ֗יוַיִּֽהְי֖וּ

   And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.

3. 1 Samuel 7:10 וַיְהִ֤י

   As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.

4. 1 Samuel 7:13 וַתְּהִ֤י

   So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

5. 1 Samuel 7:14 וַיְהִ֣י

   The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.

6. 1 Samuel 8:1 וַיְהִ֕י

   When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

7. 1 Samuel 8:2 וַיְהִ֞י

   The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

8. 1 Samuel 8:11 יִֽהְיֶה֙

   He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.

9. 1 Samuel 8:17 תִּֽהְיוּ־

   He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

10. 1 Samuel 8:19 יִֽהְיֶ֥ה

    Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

11. 1 Samuel 8:20 וְהָיִ֥ינוּ

    Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”

12. 1 Samuel 9:1 וַֽיְהִי־

    Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.

13. 1 Samuel 9:2 הָיָ֨ה

    And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

14. 1 Samuel 9:26 וַיְהִ֞י

    They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together.

15. 1 Samuel 10:5 וִיהִי֩

    After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

16. 1 Samuel 10:7 וְהָיָ֗ה

    When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

17. 1 Samuel 10:9 וְהָיָ֗ה

    As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.

18. 1 Samuel 10:11 וַיְהִ֗יהָיָ֣ה

    All those who had formerly known Saul and saw him prophesying with the prophets asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

19. 1 Samuel 10:12 הָיְתָ֣ה

    Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

20. 1 Samuel 10:27 וַיְהִ֖י

    But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.

21. 1 Samuel 11:8 וַיִּהְי֤וּ

    And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.

22. 1 Samuel 11:9 תִּהְיֶֽה־

    So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.

23. 1 Samuel 11:11 וַיְהִ֣יוַיְהִ֤י

    The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

24. 1 Samuel 12:14 וִהְיִתֶ֣ם

    If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

25. 1 Samuel 12:15 וְהָיְתָ֧ה

    But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

26. 1 Samuel 13:2 וַיִּהְי֨וּהָיוּ֙

    He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.

27. 1 Samuel 13:10 וַיְהִ֗י

    Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.

28. 1 Samuel 13:21 וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה

    The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.

29. 1 Samuel 13:22 וְהָיָה֙

    So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.

30. 1 Samuel 14:1 וַיְהִ֣י

    One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.

31. 1 Samuel 14:14 וַתְּהִ֞י

    In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.

32. 1 Samuel 14:15 וַתְּהִי֩וַתְּהִ֖י

    Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.

33. 1 Samuel 14:18 הָיָ֞ה

    Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)

34. 1 Samuel 14:19 וַיְהִ֗י

    While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”

35. 1 Samuel 14:20 הָיְתָ֜ה

    Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.

36. 1 Samuel 14:21 הָי֤וּלִֽהְיוֹת֙

    And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps of the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

37. 1 Samuel 14:25 וַיְהִ֥י

    Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

38. 1 Samuel 14:38 הָֽיְתָ֛ה

    Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.

39. 1 Samuel 14:40 תִּֽהְיוּ֙נִהְיֶ֖ה

    Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.

40. 1 Samuel 14:49 וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙

    Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).

41. 1 Samuel 14:52 וַתְּהִ֤י

    And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.

42. 1 Samuel 15:10 וַֽיְהִי֙

    Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,

43. 1 Samuel 15:26 מִהְי֥וֹת

    “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”

44. 1 Samuel 16:6 וַיְהִ֣י

    When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

45. 1 Samuel 16:16 וְהָיָ֗הבִּֽהְי֨וֹת

    Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”

46. 1 Samuel 16:21 וַֽיְהִי־

    When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.

47. 1 Samuel 16:23 וְהָיָ֗הבִּֽהְי֤וֹת

    And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.

48. 1 Samuel 17:9 וְהָיִ֥ינוּוִהְיִ֤יתֶם

    If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”

49. 1 Samuel 17:25 וְֽ֠הָיָה

    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

50. 1 Samuel 17:34 הָיָ֧ה

    David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,